Tag: Cars

  • Border traffic slows down even more after customs turned away 37 cars registered in Russia over the weekend

    Border traffic slows down even more after customs turned away 37 cars registered in Russia over the weekend

    By Monday morning at 9:00 a.m., a total of 81 cars registered in Russia had arrived at the border customs points, of which 37 had been turned away and 44 met the import requirements. “Border traffic has slowed down even more over the weekend for cars registered in Russia, both on the eastern border and…

  • According to the Border Guard, Finland has banned Russian cars

    According to the Border Guard, Finland has banned Russian cars

    According to Finnish customs, only about 11 cars with Russian license plates tried to cross the border on Saturday, compared to an average of 250 every day.

  • Stockmann violates consumer protection laws in electric car advertisements, rules of the ombudsman

    Stockmann violates consumer protection laws in electric car advertisements, rules of the ombudsman

    According to the watchdog, the marketing gave a false impression of the campaign period and the number of available cars.

  • Finland prohibits the entry of passenger cars from Russia

    Finland prohibits the entry of passenger cars from Russia

    Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania closed their borders to cars registered in Russia earlier this week.

  • Finland receives EU funding to expand the charging network for electric cars

    Finland receives EU funding to expand the charging network for electric cars

    These publicly available charging points are available for all electric vehicles. The goal of this multinational initiative is to introduce a total of 6,458 charging points in 16 countries, including Finland. In Finland, Tesla applied for CEF funding to establish a total of 32 charging points, 25 of which were new and 7 existing ones,…

  • Tourists seriously injured in accident

    Tourists seriously injured in accident

    All of the people injured in Tuesday’s accident on Vesturlandsvegur in the Norðurárdalur Valley were foreign tourists. There was a collision between two cars. Two Coast Guard helicopters had to be called in. “There were two people in each of the cars involved in the accident,” Kristján Ingi Hjörvarsson, deputy chief of police in West…

  • Man loads 12 kilos of dynamite into friend's cars, tells police it was a prank

    Man loads 12 kilos of dynamite into friend's cars, tells police it was a prank

    A bomb squad from Seinäjoki removed the explosives from the vehicles in the Ostrobothnian village.

  • Cruise ships and local pollution.  Cause for concern?

    Cruise ships and local pollution. Cause for concern?

    The director of the Environment Agency (Umhverfisstofnun) says emissions from cruise ships are a serious problem and cause for concern. It will be a record year for the number of cruise ships docking in Iceland. A report by the environmental organization Transport & Environment shows that more than two hundred cruise ships sailing between ports…

  • Irresponsible truck driver

    Irresponsible truck driver

    Lorry driver Samskip tried to overtake cars between Borgarnes and Munaðarness. Nobody was injured. Samskip says the matter is being taken very seriously. Arna Sjöfn Ævarsdóttir reports the incident on her Facebook page and shares a video she recorded. He says it was on a narrow road with poor visibility. The driver of this truck…

  • Volvo Cars reports global sales growth of 17 percent in 6 months

    Volvo Cars reports global sales growth of 17 percent in 6 months

    © Provided by Xinhua The increased sales were driven by fully electric cars, of which 59,260 were sold, an increase of 167 percent, says Volvo Cars in a press release. STOCKHOLM, July 5 (Xinhua) — Volvo Cars said Wednesday that its global sales in the first six months of 2023 rose 17 percent year-on-year to…

  • The longing for the Titanic – that’s how the billionaires were lured into the depths

    The longing for the Titanic – that’s how the billionaires were lured into the depths

    Titanic has claimed five new victims. Hear Ekot’s reporter Alexander Gagliano about what actually happened on the trip down to the hundred-year-old wreck. Host: Karl Kadhammar Guest: Alexander Gagliano, Ekot’s envoy in San Fransisco Producers: Felix Öste Personne, Taavi Wickman and Elin Roumeliotou With audio from: CBS, Channel 4, BBC News, CNN, 6ABC Philadelphia, Newshub,…

  • Roller coaster derails in Sweden, 1 killed, 7 injured

    Roller coaster derails in Sweden, 1 killed, 7 injured

    STOCKHOLM – One person was killed and several were injured when a roller coaster derailed in Stockholm on Sunday, Sveriges TV reported. Park officials told SVT that one of the carriages on the Jetline roller coaster derailed and people fell to the ground at the Grona Lund amusement park. – It is incredibly tragic and…

  • New: Putin’s Swedish agent and the spy scandal at Scania

    New: Putin’s Swedish agent and the spy scandal at Scania

    They suspect that engineer “Alexander” has just sold classified information to a Russian intelligence officer. For several years, Säpo has had its eye on a well-known intelligence officer from Russia. Yevgenij Umerenko is here as a diplomat, but his job is to recruit spies in Sweden. The target he aims at is a middle-aged man…

  • Finland will have 1.5 million electric cars by 2040, but lags behind its Nordic neighbors

    Finland will have 1.5 million electric cars by 2040, but lags behind its Nordic neighbors

    The biggest obstacle to buying an electric car in Finland is still the high price, says the automotive industry group, whose average price last year was around 50,000 euros.

  • Traficom: The cost and climate benefits of electric vehicles were realized faster than expected

    Traficom: The cost and climate benefits of electric vehicles were realized faster than expected

    However, a motorist who drives 30,000 kilometers a year would benefit financially from the fact that after less than five years of use, he chooses an electric car instead of a fuel-powered one. The climate benefits of electric cars are realized even faster. Traficom’s calculations show that an electric car is more climate-friendly than a…

  • Tina Turner – the queen of rock’n’roll

    Tina Turner – the queen of rock’n’roll

    July 3, 1976. It’s 32 degrees in downtown Dallas when married couple Ike and Tina Turner step out of their limousine. The guests inside the Statler Hotel stare at the musical duo as they walk towards the reception. But it is not their celebrity that causes the stares, but the blood stains on Tina’s white…

  • Two cars roll over almost in the same place and time

    Two cars roll over almost in the same place and time

    Around ten in the morning, there were two rollovers in Öræfi. Before 10 a.m., a car overturned near Kvísker was reported, but rescuers spotted another overturned car en route to the accident site. The motorhome drove off the road in Fjallsárlón. A motorhome passenger was injured and an air ambulance was called to Höfn due…

  • The Husby riots

    The Husby riots

    It is a Sunday evening in May 2013 that fires start in several places around the Stockholm suburb of Husby. Cars, a school, a healthcare facility and a garage light up. Firefighters and police with dogs arrive. Stones are thrown. Over the course of just under a week, several hundred cars have caught fire and…

  • Christina Schollin

    Christina Schollin

    I mer än 60 år har Christina Schollin stått på scen. Hon slog igenom i Tolstojs ”Mörkrets makt” när hon var 20 år och räknar sedan dess Dramaten som sitt konstnärliga hem. Med Oscarsnominerade filmer som ”Käre John” och ”Änglar finns dom” skrev hon in sig i den svenska filmhistorien. Så sent som ifjol stod…

  • Owners of older cars may have to buy more expensive fuel

    Owners of older cars may have to buy more expensive fuel

    The domestic car fleet will now run on more environmentally friendly gasoline. For the vast majority, this is no change, but for owners of older cars it may mean longer and more expensive visits to gas stations. Gas stations have already filled their tanks with a new gasoline called E10, where 10 is the percentage…

  • Drug hunt in Skövde – The police’s secret list |  Part 1/3

    Drug hunt in Skövde – The police’s secret list | Part 1/3

    In Södra Ryd outside Skövde, the police have identified ten people who are behind large-scale drug sales. They dress in designer clothes, drive fancy cars and wear heavy gold links. The names are put on a secret list. Now the work begins to catch them. Drug hunt in Skövde is a series of Pernilla Wadebäck,…

  • The stoners of VR encourage Käärijä towards Eurovision victory in green boleros

    The stoners of VR encourage Käärijä towards Eurovision victory in green boleros

    Käärijä has already become one of the international favorites with his performance at Eurovision and definitely deserves the encouragement of the stoners in the heart of Helsinki,” said the director of long-distance transport. Maid Tyynilä. Kivimieste’s Eurovision costumes are modeled after Käärijä’s performance costume, which was designed by Teemu Muurimäki. However, the stonemen’s costumes have…

  • The EU becomes a straitjacket for Sweden’s party leaders

    The EU becomes a straitjacket for Sweden’s party leaders

    The bloc has too much influence on domestic affairs, the head of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, has claimed Sweden has significant reasons to reconsider its EU membership as the bloc increases its influence on the member states’ internal affairs, especially immigration policy, Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson has claimed. Writing for Aftonbladet in an…

  • The EU becomes a straitjacket for Sweden – party leader

    The EU becomes a straitjacket for Sweden – party leader

    The bloc has too much influence on domestic affairs, the head of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, has claimed Sweden has significant reasons to reconsider its EU membership as the bloc increases its influence on the member states’ internal affairs, especially immigration policy, Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson has claimed. Akesson claimed that, in a…

  • The EU is turning into a straitjacket for Sweden – party leader

    The EU is turning into a straitjacket for Sweden – party leader

    The bloc has too much influence on domestic affairs, the head of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, has claimed Sweden has significant reasons to reconsider its EU membership as the bloc increases its influence on the member states’ internal affairs, especially immigration policy, Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson has claimed. Akesson claimed that, in a…

  • What you should know before you buy a car in Denmark

    Buying a car in Denmark can be a good way to get around, but there are some important things to consider before you take the plunge. First, you should research the different types of cars available and decide which one best suits your needs. You’ll also want to make sure you have a valid driver’s…

  • Report: Denmark is approaching political climate targets

    The Climate Council skepticalThe government said last week that it intends to meet the 2025 target by mixing more biofuels into the gas tanks of cars and trucks. But green advocates have conveyed skepticism. For example, the Climate Council (Climate Council), which has an advisory role for the government in relation to climate solutions, has…

  • It will be easier for Akureyri residents to give up the use of private cars

    It will be easier for Akureyri residents to give up the use of private cars

    Akureyri was selected to participate in the European competition for more environmentally friendly transport practices, as the first of all Icelandic cities. Akureyri is one of twelve European cities that have been selected to participate in the Green Transport Challenge. Project manager Katla Eiríksdóttir from Vistorka says this is a huge opportunity for the city…

  • Car cameras help police solve crimes

    When the police on Saturday asked for help from the public in the search for the 13-year-old abducted girl, a lot of assistance was provided. Several Danes with cameras in their cars were able to hand over footage to the police, which provided potential clues in the hunt for the now arrested 32-year-old man. An…

  • Sofie Carsten Nielsen is leaving politics to take a job in the private sector

    Former Radikale leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen, who resigned after a poor result for her party in the 2022 general election, where the share of the vote fell from 8.6 to 3.3 percent, has taken a job in the private sector and will therefore give up her place in the Danish Parliament from 1 May. Her…

  • Accusation of falsifying the mileage of 134 cars in the Procar case

    Accusation of falsifying the mileage of 134 cars in the Procar case

    The indictment in the Procar car rental case was registered at the Reykjavík District Court. Haraldur Sveinn Gunnarsson, the rental manager, is the only defendant. During the investigation, he pleaded guilty but did not appear in court. Six people are seeking compensation in the case, including a police officer from the Westfjords region. Compensation claimed…

  • Accusation of falsifying the mileage of 134 cars in the Procar case

    Accusation of falsifying the mileage of 134 cars in the Procar case

    The indictment in the Procar car rental case was registered at the Reykjavík District Court. Haraldur Sveinn Gunnarsson, the rental manager, is the only defendant. During the investigation, he pleaded guilty but did not appear in court. Six people are seeking compensation in the case, including a police officer from the Westfjords region. Compensation claimed…

  • A record number of decommissioned vehicles were stuck in traffic

    A record number of decommissioned vehicles were stuck in traffic

    Driving a decommissioned vehicle is expensive and the fines for negligence can reach thousands of euros. In order to remember to take out insurance before driving, it is recommended to attach a reminder, such as a ribbon or a note, to the steering wheel of a parked vehicle. Janne JumppanenDirector of the Motor Insurance Center.…